Chapter 122:6-1 Ohio Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Trust Fund

(A)
"Administering
body" means the agency, department, division or other part of the Ohio
government, which has the authority to administer programs under the housing
trust fund, including, but not limited to, the Ohio department of aging, Ohio
development services agency , community
services division, office of
community
development and Ohio housing finance agency.

(C)
"Area median income" means the median
income, adjusted by household size, identified by ODSA for the
county in which an activity funded with housing trust fund monies is
located.

(D)
"Transitional
housing and permanent supportive housing " means activities which allows for
grants to be made to eligible applicants for homeless prevention, transitional
housing, rapid re-housing and permanent supportive housing
activities that address the housing needs of homeless and low-income
individuals and families.

(E)
"Homeless prevention" means assistance to individuals or families that have
received eviction notices or notices of termination of utility services
and will be homeless but for the assistance.

(F)
"Transitional housing" means housing and
supportive services provided to homeless individuals and families, for no
longer than twenty-four months, to enable them to obtain and maintain
independent, permanent housing.

(G)
" Rapid re-housing" means permanent housing
to end homelessness for persons as quickly as possible
and linked with individualizedsupportive services, as
appropriate.

(I)
"Homeless" means an individual or family lacking a regular and adequate
nighttime residence and unable to secure independent housing; an individual or
family that resides in a shelter or other temporary residence;
an individual or family at imminent risk
of becoming homeless; or a person fleeing domestic
violence.

(L)
"Community development corporation grant program" means a program which allows
for grants to be made to nonprofit organizations to create and retain jobs in
the private sector and provide technical assistance to nonprofit organizations,
municipalities and counties.

(O)
"Emergency shelter
" means
activities that allow for
grants to be made to eligible applicants to provide emergency shelter housing
to homeless individuals and families.

(P)
"Rural area and small cities" means a
political subdivision of the state that is not designated as a participating
jurisdiction under the HOME Investment Partnerships Act, 104 Stat. 4094 (1990),
42 U.S. C. 12701 note, 12721.

(Q)
"Eligible applicant" means a county, municipal corporation, township, local
housing authority, nonprofit organization, private developer or private lender
that is eligible to apply for programs administered under the housing trust
fund.

(A)
Each eligible applicant receiving a grant, loan, loan guarantee or loan subsidy
funded with housing trust fund monies for activities that provide, or assist in
providing, rental housing shall reasonably ensure that the rental housing will
be affordable to those families and individuals targeted for the rental housing
for the useful life of the rental housing project or for thirty years,
whichever is longer;

(B)
Each
eligible applicant receiving a grant, loan, loan guarantee or loan subsidy made
from the housing trust fund for activities that will provide, or assist in
providing, housing shall prepare and implement a plan to reasonably assist any
families and individuals displaced by an applicant's project funded under the
housing programs in obtaining decent affordable housing.

(C)
Each eligible applicant receiving a
grant, loan, loan guarantee or loan subsidy funded with housing trust fund
monies shall certify, using forms prescribed by the administering body,
compliance with all applicable state and federal laws, including, but not
limited to, fair housing and anti-discrimination statutes.

(A)
Each eligible applicant receiving funds
from the housing trust fund shall report periodically on program and fiscal
activities in the manner prescribed by the administering body.

(B)
Prior to close-out of a grant, loan, loan
guarantee or loan subsidy funded with housing trust fund monies, the
administering body shall conduct a monitoring visit to assure that all
provisions of the grant, loan, loan guarantee or loan subsidy have been met and
to ensure compliance with division (H) of section
4112.02 of the Revised Code and
nondiscrimination against families with children.

(C)
The administering body shall determine
and make public median income limits for low- and moderate income persons in
each county, based on income available for housing, family size, the cost and
condition of available housing, ability to pay the amounts the private market
charges for decent, safe, and sanitary housing without federal subsidy or state
assistance, and the income eligibility standards of federal programs.

(D)
The administering body shall establish a
reporting system to assure that division (D)(1) of section
174.03 of the Revised Code
long-term affordability requirements are met.

(E)
The administering body shall annually
solicit public comment on the activities, programs, policies and administration
of the housing trust fund.

(F)
The
administering body shall submit a report to, and be available to meet with, the
housing trust fund advisory committee at least annually regarding the status of
housing projects and housing programs funded with housing trust fund
monies.

(A)
Any use of housing trust fund monies by
the eligible applicant in a manner which violates any terms or conditions of a
grant or loan shall result in the administering body taking appropriate
corrective action, including, but not limited to, immediate repayment and civil
or criminal legal action.

(B)
When
repayment of a grant, loan, loan guarantee or loan subsidy funded with housing
trust fund monies is directed by the administering body, a repayment plan may
be negotiated with the administering body. All monies received by the
administering body shall immediately be returned to the housing trust fund.

(C)
When repayment of a grant,
loan, loan guarantee or loan subsidy funded with housing trust fund monies is a
condition of receipt of housing trust fund monies, all repayments received by
the administering body shall immediately be returned to the housing trust fund.